Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Lao

If you loved Lao, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lao for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#2
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lao for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#3
Cinque secondi

Cinque secondi

2025★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lao for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Who is that scruffy-looking guy who lives alone in the renovated stables of Villa Guelfi? He spends his days doing nothing and avoiding contact with everyone. And when he realizes ...

#4
Shun Li and the Poet

Shun Li and the Poet

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lao for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon....

#5
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lao for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#6
Euphoria

Euphoria

2018★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lao for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the s...

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